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Do you hyphenate a compound word made from a noun and a verb, such as 'hand knitted', when the compound does not come before a noun? E.g.: 'This jumper is hand knitted.'

MarcInManhattan
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  • Yes, compounds are written as single words, sometimes hyphenated, as in the compound adjective "hand-knitted", which has a noun as first component and the past participle "knitted" as head. It corresponds to the syntactic passive "knitted by someone". Other similar compounds include "drug-related" (related to drugs), "home-made" (made at home) "safety-tested" (tested for safety). – BillJ Oct 20 '22 at 15:24
  • @BillJ - if you can provide references, propose your comment as an answer - it's generally considered inappropriate on the StackExchange network to answer questions in the comments. – Jeff Zeitlin Oct 20 '22 at 15:25
  • Also see https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/889/when-should-compound-words-be-written-as-one-word-with-hyphens-or-with-spac – Stuart F Oct 20 '22 at 15:49
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    A hand-knitted jumper versus This jumper is hand knitted. Most style guides only used a hyphen when these things are prepositioned. – Lambie Oct 20 '22 at 15:57
  • It makes no difference whether the compound adjective is attributive or predicative. It's still a compound that should be written as one word, in this case hyphenated. – BillJ Oct 21 '22 at 07:20

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